LINDEN - Police have identified the 54-year-old Linden man who died Monday, after being struck by a truck as he was crossing the street in the area of North Wood Avenue and Elizabeth Avenue, as Thomas Katsonis.

Around 5:15 p.m. police responded to reports of an auto-pedestrian crash on North Wood Avenue at the intersection of Elizabeth Avenue.

An initial police investigation indicates a 2004 Ford F-250 pickup truck, driven by a 78-year-old Linden man, was approaching the intersection from East Elizabeth Avenue and collided with Katsonis, a pedestrian, as it made a right turn onto North Wood Avenue, according to a news release from the Linden Police Department.

After striking the pedestrian the truck collided with another vehicle, a dark 2016 Mini Cooper, that was stopped in traffic traveling south on North Wood Ave. The driver of the Mini Cooper was not injured, according to the news release.

The driver of the pickup truck was treated for minor injuries at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. Katsonis was transported to University Hospital in Newark where he later died from his injuries, according to the news release.

Police said North Wood Ave was closed for nearly three hours following the crash. It was reopened at about 8:30 p.m.

The crash remains under investigation by the Linden Police Department Traffic Bureau and the Union County Prosecutor's Office Homicide Task Force. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Investigator Jimmy Solano at 908-474-8505.